It's one of those unforgettable moments that happen as a child, when you discover that all along the world has been betraying you.

Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering.

there are two types of people in the world: those who prefer to be sad among others, and those who prefer to be sad alone.

That's what I do. Watch movies and read. Sometimes I even pretend to write, but I'm not fooling anyone. Oh, and I go to the mailbox.

When will you learn that there isn't a word for everything?

Wittgenstein once wrote that when the eye sees something beautiful, the hand wants to draw it. I wish I could draw you.

We met each other when we were young, before we knew enough about disappointment, and once we did we found we reminded each other of it.

Empty teacups gathered around her and dictionary pages fell at her feet.

...larger than life...I've never understood that expression. What's larger than life?

All the times I have suddenly realized that my parents are dead, even now, it still surprises me, to exist in the world while that which made me has ceased to exist.

When they write my obituary. Tomorrow. Or the next day. It will say, Leo Gursky is survived by an apartment full of shit

I shoot with my pen with the bullets of love.

We're not going to spend taxpayers' money on abortion. This is an issue that divides America. But certainly reasonable people can agree on how to reduce abortions in America.

I think it's very cool for the drummer to be set free from having to worry about holding down the beat every once in a while, though it's a little constricting.

Interesting verbs are seldom very interesting.

If you're good at something, never do it for free.

Socialism without democracy is unthinkable.

A woman will forget that a man is male, if they are good enough friends, but men rarely forget that a woman is feminine.

I loved the idea [of improvisation], but I'd never taken any classes or practiced it.

Self-esteem is not based on itself.

Misery no longer loves company. Nowadays it insists on it.